CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS OF SIDDHAMRITA RASA IN AMLAPITTAM-A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Abstract

Amlapittam is a gastrointestinal disorder frequently encountered in day to day practice. Amlapittam may be fatal if it is not diagnosed properly and lead to development of other serious gastro-intestinal disorders. Due to pain, discomfort and other symptoms work absenteeism; social Phobia’s and other negative quality of life effects can be common. Considering the unpleasant effects of this disease, this study was undertaken. The clinical study was conducted as an active concurrent randomised clinical trial in two groups A and B containing 20 patients in each group. Laghu sutashekhara rasa was used as a control. The fine powder (churna) of Sphatika and Gairika was subjected to mardana (grinding)) in the khalwa (mortar) .The dose of trial drug and control drug given was 1gm in the morning before meals. For both the groups, symptomatic evaluation of the patients was done before treatment and for every 15days after the completion of intervention of drug. From the Clinical study, it was concluded that the drug combination showed highly significant reduction (p<0.001) in alleviating Pain, Amlodgara, Avipaka, Shula and Chardi. Thus, the study revealed that the Siddhamrita Rasa has significant effect in management of Amlapittam.